Training Tips for Cyclists

This detailed, illustrated guide will help cyclists close the gap between their present fitness and their potential fitness by training smarter, not by struggling against the effects of aging. Topics include Standard Intervals, Fartlek (speed play) Intervals, Nutrition, Recovery and Goals. This guide includes a special section on how to align your training and your goals using Heart Rate Zones. Each zone is a Training Level associated with a range of heart rates and training effects. Unlike most zone training guides, which use a percentage of your maximum heart rate to determine a zone for a particular training effect, this guide uses percentages of your Heart Rate Reserve to determine the range of heart rates for each zone. Another advantage to using this guide is that it includes a Do-It-Yourself Maximum Heart Rate Test and gives you links to calculators that tailor the heart rates of each zone to your age and heart rate reserve.